By tracking back through various census records, I have managed to find my ggg grandfather Eli Elwell. While reading the History of McDonough County on the web site, I noticed a piece about him. It was under New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois. In the piece (unsure of when or who wrote it) it referred to sketch of Eli Elwell, but there was not a sketch there. Does anyone know of a sketch or where it may be found? I also found him the Illinois Roll of Honor for the Civil War. I would dearly love to find this picture or sketch. The only grandparent I was able to know was my paternal grandmother, Mary Maude Elwell Wilson. Which leads me my next problem. Although, I have managed to trace my grandmother's line back to Eli, I cannot seem to find a trace of her husband Earl Wilson. He was born in 1887 in Illinois, a farmer and he and my grandmother, Mary Maude, born 1888, was living in Adair, Illinois when my father was born in 1913. Also, he died soon after my father, Marshall was born. That is sum of my knowledge about him. Sadly, I do not have the 1900, 1910, or 1920 census records to check them out. If anyone has these, I would gladly pay for your time and expense for checking them out. Boy, it seems like the Wilson's go back quite far back in McDonough history and there are so many! Thank you Marsha Wilson Pruitt E-mail: BryMar4950@aol.com